Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdülaziz)

Esma Sultan
Born (1873-03-21)21 March 1873
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died 7 May 1899(1899-05-07) (aged 26)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial Yeni Mosque, Istanbul
Spouse Damat Çerkes Mehmed Pasha
Issue Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey
Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey
Fatma Sıdıka Hanımsultan
Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey
Sultanzade Abdullah Bey
Dynasty Ottoman
Father Abdülaziz
Mother Gevheri Kadın
Religion Sunni Islam

Esma Sultan (21 March 1873 – 7 May 1899) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdülaziz and his wife Gevheri Kadın, herself the daughter of Salih Bey Svatnba. She was the half-sister of Abdülmecid II, the last Caliph of the Ottoman Caliphate.

Biography

Esma Sultan was born on 21 March 1873 at Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul[1][2] to Sultan Abdülaziz's wife Gevheri Kadın (1856–1884). She had an younger brother, Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin (22 September 1874 – 19 October 1927).

Following her father Sultan Abdülaziz's deposition on 30 May 1876 and death a few days later, she was taken into the harem of Sultan Abdülhamid II at the age of three.

She was married on 20 April 1889 at the age of 16 to Damat Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (1856 – 24 May 1909) at Yıldız Palace. Her husband was a general in the Ottoman Army and first aide-de-camp to Abdülhamid II.

Esma Sultan died on 7 May 1899 and was interred in Murad V Mausoleum at Yeni Cami in Eminönü, Constantinople.[3]

Issue

From this marriage came four sons and one daughter:

  1. Sultanzade Hasan Bedreddin Bey (1890 – 29 January 1909)
  2. Sultanzade Hüseyin Hayreddin Bey (1890 – Istanbul 1956)
  3. Fatma Sıdıka Hanımsultan (1894 – 1894)
  4. Sultanzade Saadeddin Mehmed Bey (14 June 1895 – Beirut 1976)
  5. Sultanzade Abdullah Bey (1899 – 1899)

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol.7, Edited by Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 3; Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish Empire...
  2. ↑ Britannica, Istanbul:When the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923, the capital was moved to Ankara, and Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.
  3. ↑ http://www.odevsel.com/genel-kultur/1194/brief-history-the-legendary-origin-of-the-dynastic-family-the-osmanlis-g.html
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